A large section of the ongoing French protests is motivated by the steep increase in fuel costs.

The Iran war didn’t cause the teacher shortage, but it is one of the many reasons for this protest.

The void is not frightening, it’s comfy and warm. I go there every night.

Death is not frightening, it is only a moment.

What is truly terrifying, Cool bug, is eternity.

Why would God create a system to “figure out who ought to be rewarded” when he already knows that information? He’s omniscient, he knew that information since the beginning of time, no system required.

If he needs to create this system, he is not omniscient.

If he chooses to create this system anyway, including creation of childhood cancer and starving puppies, then he is evil.

I think this is not about enjoying comic book movies, instead it is about idolizing anti-heroes. If this comic showed a third poster I would expect to see Walter White, not Spiderman.

People who look up to anti-heroes tend to rank low in morality, empathy, and trustworthiness. It’s a red flag.

No.

I think the Trump regime probably took his picture down for racist reasons.

I also think moral people should take a strong principled stance against military aggression, instead of a reactionary anti-Trump position.

Killing innocent people in Korea and Vietnam is nothing to be proud of.

He didn’t just plead guilty to stalking, he pled to interstate stalking resulting in death. The shooting was part of his guilty plea today, not a separate action like you suggest.

Not that I really have any hope or faith in our justice system- the government holds all the cards, and they are making an example of him. Getting double jeopardy protection will be an uphill battle.

How do you explain the US wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan?

The US population elected a president who was promising to end the Afghanistan War in 2008. That war ended in 2021. That’s at least 12 years of war against the wishes of the majority.

“usa” is one way to spell it, you’re not wrong, but a more accurate spelling is “israel”.

This is shortsighted. We need to fight capital effectively, and to do that we must fight those who actively defend capital, including CEOs.

It’s the same reason why police aren’t considered working class. Are they “people who work”? Definitely. But their function in society is to maintain the power of capitalists.

Lammygrad are Marxist Leninist, Hexbear are dirtbag leftists. That makes them the natural enemies of center-left and centrist instances like .world.

In my opinion it comes down to a disagreement over capitalism. One side wants to destroy it, the other side wants to moderate it.

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The word tsar/czar originally derives from Julius Caesar, just like the German “kaiser”.

But in US terms, it was popularized by FDR during WWII.

In 1942, The Washington Post reported on the “executive orders creating new czars to control various aspects of our wartime economy.”[11] Positions were created for a transportation czar, a manpower czar, a production czar, a shipping czar, and a synthetic rubber czar, all to solve difficult problems in coordinating the resources necessary to fight World War II wikipedia

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Have we prosecuted any rich war criminals recently? It is telling that you have to go back to the Nazis, 80+ years ago was the last time that happened.

The ICC has prosecuted 54 individuals for war crimes, and 47 of them have been from Africa. Do you think war crimes are only happening in Africa? Or are the rest of the world’s war criminals getting away with it?

Do you actually think we will see a trial for the biggest war criminals like Trump and Netanyahu?

Right, it’s more about how the baseline changes over time.

10 years ago, ~14 pesos would trade for 1 USD.

Today, ~1400 pesos trade for 1 USD.

What do you think “accountability” should look like for someone who violently escapes from a concentration camp?